{"id":2103,"date":"2023-03-20T09:36:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tod.tycontrol.me\/?post_type=qa&#038;p=2103"},"modified":"2023-07-24T17:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:55:09","slug":"why-is-the-citadel-called-the-tower-of-david","status":"publish","type":"qa","link":"https:\/\/www.tod.org.il\/en\/qa\/why-is-the-citadel-called-the-tower-of-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the Citadel called the \u201cTower of David\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The site is called \u201cTower of David\u201d because of a mistaken reading of Josephus Flavius during the Byzantine Period. The blunder continued with the Moslem designation of the Citadel as the \u201cMichrab (prayer niche) of the Prophet David\u201d. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As years passed, visitors from Western countries transferred the misnomer to the minaret of the Turkish mosque, and the name stuck. Many places in Jerusalem are named after King David; we at the Citadel also pay homage to the city\u2019s legendary monarch.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2103","qa","type-qa","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why is the Citadel called the \u201cTower of David\u201d? - Tower of David Jerusalem Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tod.org.il\/en\/qa\/why-is-the-citadel-called-the-tower-of-david\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why is the Citadel called the \u201cTower of David\u201d? - Tower of David Jerusalem Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The site is called \u201cTower of David\u201d because of a mistaken reading of Josephus Flavius during the Byzantine Period. 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